Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> writes:

> Phil Hord <ho...@cisco.com> writes:
>
>>   # tokens and short-status
>>   $ git status --tree --short  
>>   ## changed-files
>>    M foo.txt
>
> Hrm, how will the existing readers of the output avoid getting
> confused by this overloading of "##", which has meant the current
> branch information?

That was a stupid question.

Existing readers do not know to give --tree to the command, so they
are perfectly OK.

It is however not OK for new readers that wants to read these
tree-wide state and also branch information.
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